A Michigan woman who appeared to have displayed a toilet on her lawn to make a mockery of mail-in voting is now being investigated by authorities.
The unidentified woman from the city of Mason placed a toilet on the edge of her lawn along with a sign that read “Place mail in ballots here,” according to the Associated Press.
The Democratic clerk of Ingham County Barb Byrum filed a complaint with police, saying it was misleading and could cause people who aren’t familiar with the voting system to dump their ballots in the toilet.
“It is a felony to take illegal possession of an absentee ballot,” Byrum said Friday, according to an official statement.
“Elections in this country are to be taken seriously and there are many people who are voting by mail for the first time this Election,” she added.
Absentee ballot election workers stuff ballot applications at the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections office in Charlotte, North Carolina on September 4, 2020. (Photo by Logan Cyrus / AFP) (Photo by LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images)
Byrum said she feared the stunt would cause voters to lose faith in the mail-in voting process, citing “misinformation coming from President Trump” as one of the reasons people are skeptical of the system. (RELATED: Michigan Judge Rules Late Absentee Ballots Can Be Counted If Postmarked By Nov. 2, Received Within 2 Weeks)
More than 10,000 absentee ballots were rejected in the state’s Aug. 4 primary. 6,400 ballots were rejected for late arrival, while 787 were tossed out because the signature did not match the registration. Others were rejected due to the voter having moved, while 846 ballots were not accepted because the voters died after casting their ballot.
The Daily Caller reached out to the Mason Police Department for comment but did not receive a response at the time of publication.
